Editing Gnatcatcher (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
They are distributed from [[North America|North]] to [[South America]], with the exception of the far south and high [[Andean]] regions. Gnatwrens typically occur in the undergrowth of dense, often humid, forest, while gnatcatchers, depending on the species involved, occur in anything from dry scrubby habitats (e.g. the California gnatcatcher) to the [[Canopy (forest)|canopy]] of humid [[Amazon Rainforest|Amazonian]] forest (e.g. the Guianan gnatcatcher). The North American species nest in bushes or trees, but the breeding behavior of several of the [[Neotropical]] species is essentially unknown.<ref name="HBW 11"/>